20 Alois Trancy & Ciel Phantomhive Icons
This is actually June's claim at otp20in20, being posted in July because they were kind enough to give everyone an extension... though I didn't actually get to take advantage of it as much as orignally planned and tinker some more with my (otherwise basically completed) icons, since life decided to happen during that extra week. Actually I almost didn't post these as a result, but since I woke up this morning to see that they were still accepting last minute submissions, I took it as a sign to throw this post together before work and submit >.>
Today I bring you 20 icons featuring Alois Trancy & Ciel Phantomhive from Kuroshitsuji. At the previously mentioned Anime Convention that I attended, there were so many beautiful cosplays from this series, that it inspired me to want to make this set. I decided to focus on this particular pairing because their relationship is err interesting, for lack of a better word... that and their clothing is much prettier than the butler's XD I certainly had fun exploring different angles, even if it was more difficult to find and work with (lots of cropping and manipulation here) suitable imagery. I hope that you enjoy them, but if taking, please remember to:
Credit wildmusings and/or icontradiction (example)
Comment, they're appreciated and encouraging to receive
Don't hotlink, upload the graphics to your own server
Don't re-distribute or claim to have made these graphics
Don't modify the graphics, textless icons are not bases
- 01 -
Touch
- 02 -
Birthstone
- 03 -
Holiday
- 04 -
First Letter
- 05 -
Tiny Text
- 06 -
Funny
- 07 -
Music
- 08 -
Out of the Box
- 09 -
Central Crop
- 10 -
Simple
- 11 -
Summer Song
- 12 -
Summer Song
- 13 -
Summer Song
- 14 -
Summer Song
- 15 -
Summer Song
- 16 -
Artist's Choice
- 17 -
Artist's Choice
- 18 -
Artist's Choice
- 19 -
Artist's Choice
- 20 -
Artist's Choice
I N F O R M A T I O N
(a list of the themes I had to choose from can be found here)
01. The expression on Ciel's face begged me to make this icon. I wanted it to be as loud and obnoxious as Alois is acting
02. Sapphire for Ciel since he usually wears shades of blue and Amethyst for Alois since he normally wears shades of purple
03. Everyday is a holiday when you're a wealthy young artistocrat with a demon butler... so I decided to give Sebastian & Claude the day off instead. This was not at all an excuse to icon them in maid outfits... but aren't they pretty?
04. My username begins with the letter W, which is for Waiting
05. I must have missed the memo on recently departed trends, because I use tinytext religiously, so I decided to challenge myself to only use tinytext this time around
06. Once again when I saw this picture, it had to be done. Alois would totally be the one to say this...
07. Ciel is certainly upset about not being able to have this dance, I'll let you decide whom he wanted to share this particular song with
08. I attempted to colour one of my favourite black and white manga images, since I never really do that, and worked very hard matching colours and finding light source... but unfortauntely most of the shading detail was lost upon downsizing (should have worked with a smaller original and used darker contrast) so it hardly compares to the better manga colourers out there >.< I also tried something different with ajoining tyoography
09. Awww, their first bonding experience (and not just because they're chained together) so sweet to see them not trying to kill eachother
10. This is about as simple an image as you're ever going to find of Alois & Ciel, so I thought it would work nicely for such a style of icon
Kuroshitsuji isn't exactly a bright and happy series, so I wasn't quite sure what to do for the category set. I decided to work with more playful imagery of them in different roles, along with happy sun rays in the background alternating blue and pink (since purple isn't as vibrant) to further suit them. Hopefully it works, honestly I just wanted a chance to use the character art...
11. Alois & Ciel in traditional clothing
12. Alois & Ciel going to a costume party (as a Vampire & Pirate)
13. Alois & Ciel pretending to be girls (oh animanga, how you tease us)
14. Alois & Ciel having fallen down the rabbit hole
15. Alois & Ciel if they were grown up and now demon butlers
Each icon in the artist's choice set shows a different stage of their relationship, basically in order, but otherwise I again decided to work with different styles and compositions because personally it gets kind of boring otherwise I find.
16. He seems so happy, I don't want to know what Alois used to ask for at Christmas time...
17. This image captures both their personalities and feelings toward one another perfectly
18. This scene is so hot dramatic and awesome, wanted to icon it, but avoiding spoilers Ciel totally pwns that b*tch LOL
19. What a tangled web we weave... their fates become intertwined as they're captured by Claude's deceit. Also an excuse to work with darker more saturated imagery, grungy textures and splash of colour
20. Both these doomed tragic characters are holding tarot cards, Ciel's right-side up and Alois upside down, hence the text, contrast and use of rotation to further express the concept
[Credits to come when I come back from work]
Most fandom images used were found at Anime Paper, Kuroshitsuji Wiki, Mini Tokyo and Otaku Complex; otherwise likely through a Google search. I've tried to credit all resources, but it's quite possible I've left some out by accident so if you see something that is yours please let me know so I can give proper credit.
Thanks for looking and also thanks in advance to anyone that leaves compliments regarding my work. I really truly do appreciate it, even though I almost never leave individual replies saying so. Be sure to browse this tag for the works of all other participants. I still need to do that myself and leave comments if I find the time (otherwise I'll just leave a general comment), but what I've seen of the previews, it seems we once again have an amazing batch of graphics to choose from.
Today I bring you 20 icons featuring Alois Trancy & Ciel Phantomhive from Kuroshitsuji. At the previously mentioned Anime Convention that I attended, there were so many beautiful cosplays from this series, that it inspired me to want to make this set. I decided to focus on this particular pairing because their relationship is err interesting, for lack of a better word... that and their clothing is much prettier than the butler's XD I certainly had fun exploring different angles, even if it was more difficult to find and work with (lots of cropping and manipulation here) suitable imagery. I hope that you enjoy them, but if taking, please remember to:
Credit wildmusings and/or icontradiction (example)
Comment, they're appreciated and encouraging to receive
Don't hotlink, upload the graphics to your own server
Don't re-distribute or claim to have made these graphics
Don't modify the graphics, textless icons are not bases
- 01 -
Touch
- 02 -
Birthstone
- 03 -
Holiday
- 04 -
First Letter
- 05 -
Tiny Text
- 06 -
Funny
- 07 -
Music
- 08 -
Out of the Box
- 09 -
Central Crop
- 10 -
Simple
- 11 -
Summer Song
- 12 -
Summer Song
- 13 -
Summer Song
- 14 -
Summer Song
- 15 -
Summer Song
- 16 -
Artist's Choice
- 17 -
Artist's Choice
- 18 -
Artist's Choice
- 19 -
Artist's Choice
- 20 -
Artist's Choice
I N F O R M A T I O N
(a list of the themes I had to choose from can be found here)
01. The expression on Ciel's face begged me to make this icon. I wanted it to be as loud and obnoxious as Alois is acting
02. Sapphire for Ciel since he usually wears shades of blue and Amethyst for Alois since he normally wears shades of purple
03. Everyday is a holiday when you're a wealthy young artistocrat with a demon butler... so I decided to give Sebastian & Claude the day off instead. This was not at all an excuse to icon them in maid outfits... but aren't they pretty?
04. My username begins with the letter W, which is for Waiting
05. I must have missed the memo on recently departed trends, because I use tinytext religiously, so I decided to challenge myself to only use tinytext this time around
06. Once again when I saw this picture, it had to be done. Alois would totally be the one to say this...
07. Ciel is certainly upset about not being able to have this dance, I'll let you decide whom he wanted to share this particular song with
08. I attempted to colour one of my favourite black and white manga images, since I never really do that, and worked very hard matching colours and finding light source... but unfortauntely most of the shading detail was lost upon downsizing (should have worked with a smaller original and used darker contrast) so it hardly compares to the better manga colourers out there >.< I also tried something different with ajoining tyoography
09. Awww, their first bonding experience (and not just because they're chained together) so sweet to see them not trying to kill eachother
10. This is about as simple an image as you're ever going to find of Alois & Ciel, so I thought it would work nicely for such a style of icon
Kuroshitsuji isn't exactly a bright and happy series, so I wasn't quite sure what to do for the category set. I decided to work with more playful imagery of them in different roles, along with happy sun rays in the background alternating blue and pink (since purple isn't as vibrant) to further suit them. Hopefully it works, honestly I just wanted a chance to use the character art...
11. Alois & Ciel in traditional clothing
12. Alois & Ciel going to a costume party (as a Vampire & Pirate)
13. Alois & Ciel pretending to be girls (oh animanga, how you tease us)
14. Alois & Ciel having fallen down the rabbit hole
15. Alois & Ciel if they were grown up and now demon butlers
Each icon in the artist's choice set shows a different stage of their relationship, basically in order, but otherwise I again decided to work with different styles and compositions because personally it gets kind of boring otherwise I find.
16. He seems so happy, I don't want to know what Alois used to ask for at Christmas time...
17. This image captures both their personalities and feelings toward one another perfectly
18. This scene is so hot dramatic and awesome, wanted to icon it, but avoiding spoilers Ciel totally pwns that b*tch LOL
19. What a tangled web we weave... their fates become intertwined as they're captured by Claude's deceit. Also an excuse to work with darker more saturated imagery, grungy textures and splash of colour
20. Both these doomed tragic characters are holding tarot cards, Ciel's right-side up and Alois upside down, hence the text, contrast and use of rotation to further express the concept
[Credits to come when I come back from work]
Most fandom images used were found at Anime Paper, Kuroshitsuji Wiki, Mini Tokyo and Otaku Complex; otherwise likely through a Google search. I've tried to credit all resources, but it's quite possible I've left some out by accident so if you see something that is yours please let me know so I can give proper credit.
Thanks for looking and also thanks in advance to anyone that leaves compliments regarding my work. I really truly do appreciate it, even though I almost never leave individual replies saying so. Be sure to browse this tag for the works of all other participants. I still need to do that myself and leave comments if I find the time (otherwise I'll just leave a general comment), but what I've seen of the previews, it seems we once again have an amazing batch of graphics to choose from.